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The Violin in the String Family of the Orchestra

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Special | 14m 41s | Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. (14m 41s)

The Clarinet and its Sound

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Special | 14m 59s | Learn how the clarinet makes sound and explore its role in the woodwind family. (14m 59s)

A Family of Saxophones and the Oboe

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Special | 14m 53s | Discover the saxophone family and the oboe with UW Symphony conductor Professor Richard Church. (14m 53s)

The Bassoon and the Woodwinds

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Special | 15m 20s | Meet the bassoon — a double-reed woodwind instrument with rich tones and intricate fingering. (15m 20s)

The Brass Family of Instuments

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Special | 14m 45s | Learn about the brass family of instruments — their sounds, mouthpieces and harmonics. (14m 45s)

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Instruments of the Orchestra is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

'Instruments of the Orchestra' is one of PBS Wisconsin's — known then as WHA-TV — earliest educational children's programs of the late 1950s. Originally recorded on 16mm film — part...

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